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TRIPLE D EXPRESS INC

DOT# 879149 MC# 384170 Bartlett, IL Authorized For-Hire
(847) 608-5100 ap@tripledexpress.com 1570 Hecht Ct, Bartlett IL 60103
62 tractors · all leased 61 drivers
Satisfactory
FRED Score 50.0 / 100
Moderate confidence
26 yrs history · 169 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
62
Drivers · CDL
61 · 61
Annual miles
47.9M unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 0 62 0 62
Trailers 0 106 0 106

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (12-15-2020) · 5 yr old
Registered
05-09-2000 (26 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
09-15-2026 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
DOBRIN DOBRIKOV

Cargo

59.5
medium risk
Meat Refrigerated Food General Freight Fresh Produce US Mail Paper Products
High-Risk Cargo
General Freight, Refrigerated Food, Meat

Note: "General Freight" is a catch-all; the actual cargo mix and its risk may differ.

Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.

Mileage Unreliable

MCS-150 annual mileage appears implausibly high for fleet size. The per-100k-mile rate benchmarks on this page are excluded; the FRED grade does not use mileage (crash exposure is power-unit-years, violation exposure is inspection counts).

Expected crash rate is probably higher than similar fleets (about a 60% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: interstate fleets of 50–99 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

This motor carrier 1.13×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Leaning Marginal. Its estimate (1.13× similar fleets) is in the Marginal range, but the record isn't strong enough to be 60% sure it is above the Marginal line (1.06×), so the grade stays Satisfactory.
Expected crashes, next 12 months
4.8 vs 4.2 for similar fleets
Likely 2–9 crashes
This motor carrier
4.8
Similar fleets
4.2
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~12%
About typical for similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
About typical. 10 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 5 a year), including 1 fatal (2 deaths) and 4 with injuries; similar fleets have about 4.2 a year. The grade counts 15 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Mixed. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 1.52× the rate expected for its inspections, but violations 0.78×. Together they barely move its crash estimate: roadside results weigh far less than crash history. It's inspected more often than most fleets its size.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The grade already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are not in it.

  • Fatal crash
    1 crash with 2 fatalities in 24 months (most recent Apr 3, 2026).
    Ask: the accident register and loss runs for these crashes.
  • Injury crashes
    4 crashes with 5 people hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Driver qualification
    3 out-of-service violations against drivers: 3 no valid CDL (Feb 2025 – Jun 2025).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
  • Brakes and lights
    Brakes are 29 of 119 violations (24%). Brake or light defects led to 8 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Falsified logs
    2 false-log violations in 24 months.
    Ask: how hours are audited against ELD and fuel records.
  • Unsafe driving
    Cited 2 for speeding 15+ mph over or in a work zone and 4 for phone use.
    Ask: telematics, speed governance and phone policy.
Strengths
  • Driver out-of-service rate 2.4% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 7
  • Excessive speeding: 13
  • Substance violations: 2
  • Unreliable reported mileage
    The motor carrier's self-reported annual mileage (MCS-150) looks implausible, so exposure- and mileage-based figures may be distorted.
  • Estimated mileage
    No usable mileage was reported, so exposure was estimated from similar motor carriers. Mileage-based metrics here are approximate.

Track record

FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
10
2 fatalities · 5 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
169
54% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
24.3%
17 of 70
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
2.4%
4 of 169
National avg 6.7%
Violations
119
22 out-of-service

Inspected about as often as interstate fleets of 50–99 trucks in Illinois (about 115 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 19 inspections, 5 out of service 19 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 24 inspections, 4 out of service 24 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 18 inspections, 2 out of service 18 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 17 inspections, 3 out of service 17 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 17 inspections, 0 out of service 17 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 18 inspections, 1 out of service 18 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 31 inspections, 2 out of service 31 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 24 inspections, 3 out of service 24 Q3 '26
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 1 inspection.
vs 4,155 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.081 0.026
Inspections 2.17 0.97
Violations 0.98 0.56
Critical violations 0.25 0.11

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, 50–99 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

119 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    64 · 19 OOS
    Brakes 29 · Lights 14 · Tires 11 · Wheels & hubs 3 · Cargo securement 1 · 6 more
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    42 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 18 · Speeding 14 · Phone use 4 · Other 6
  • Hours of service No alert
    10 · 0 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 4 · False log 2 · No log 2 · Over hours limit 2
  • Driver fitness No alert
    3 · 3 OOS
    No valid CDL 3
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
Out-of-service violations “No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months
  • Jun
    22
    2026
    Kentucky
    Property damage only
    Dark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Jun
    4
    2026
    Tennessee
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • May
    29
    2026
    Illinois
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Dawn, one-way trafficway not divided. Citation issued.
  • Apr
    3
    2026
    Georgia
    Fatal · 2 deaths
    Daylight.
    In the news
    2 dead after Papa Johns semi truck crashes, overturns on I-75
    WSB-TV · Apr 3, 2026

    Why this link: FMCSA crash report GA0010309169 (Cobb County Police) lists TRIPLE D EXPRESS INC’s truck in this crash. This third-party news report covers a crash with the same date, place and number of deaths, matched automatically. It may not name TRIPLE D EXPRESS INC and doesn't establish fault. Wrong article?

  • Mar
    17
    2026
    Kentucky
    Property damage only
    Dark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Dec
    14
    2025
    Iowa
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Ice road, daylight, snow, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • May
    7
    2025
    Oklahoma
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway not divided.
  • Jan
    10
    2025
    Oklahoma
    Property damage only
    Slush road, daylight, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier.

About “In the news”: these links go to third-party news reports that FRED Score matched automatically to FMCSA crash records — same date and place, with a truck or bus involved, and the same number of deaths or, for a crash that released hazardous materials, the release — and checked a second time before showing. A link doesn't mean this motor carrier caused the crash: FMCSA crash reports don't assign fault, and news coverage can be incomplete or wrong. FRED Score doesn't verify or endorse what the articles say.

2 more in the FMCSA records below.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since
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Last on FMCSA's record (May 14, 2026)
$1,000,000 · MS TRANSVERSE INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since Jan 31, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $1,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Feb 2010
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 1 change: KNIGHTBROOK INSURANCE COMPANY → TRANSVERSE INSURANCE COMPANY (Jan 2024)
  • 4 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 2 took effect (the last Jan 31, 2026, replaced the same day); 2 replaced before they took effect
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
  • FMCSA notices resolved in time: 3

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Jan 28, 2026)

Who insures fleets like this →

FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?

Where it happens

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Inspections by state
  • California 19
  • Illinois (HQ) 15
  • New Mexico 15
  • Georgia 13
  • Tennessee 10
  • Arkansas 8
  • Missouri 8
  • South Dakota 8

Runs well beyond its home state: 15 of 169 inspections were in Illinois.

Data sourced from FMCSA. The FRED Score is an analytical opinion and is not an FMCSA safety rating. Unless a motor carrier has received an Unsatisfactory safety rating under 49 CFR Part 385 or has otherwise been ordered to discontinue operations by FMCSA, it is authorized to operate. This information is provided for informational purposes only and should not be the sole basis for any decision. Report generated · fred-score.com/carrier/879149